Efficient room temperature phosphorescence is observed in natural compounds and polymers such as starch, cellulose, bovine serum albumin (BSA), and some other carbohydrates. Whereas being practically nonluminescent in solutions and TLC plates, they emit bright phosphorescence in the crystalline states with lifetime up to microseconds, exhibiting crystallization-induced phosphorescence (CIP) characteristics. The CIP of these natural products without any conventional chromophores offers a new platform for the exploration of conceptually novel luminogens.
GONG YongYangTAN YeQiangMEI JuZHANG YiRenYUAN WangZhangZHANG YongMingSUN JingZhiTANG Ben Zhong
Efficient room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is rarely observed in pure organic luminogens. However, we have newly observed that benzil and its derivatives are nonluminescent in solvents and thin layer chromatography (TLC) plates, but become highly phosphorescent in crystal state at room temperature, exhibiting typical crystallization-induced phosphorescence (CIP) characteristics. The CIP phenomenon is ascribed to the restriction of intramolecular rotations in crystals owing to effective intermolecular interactions. Such intermolecular interactions greatly rigidify the molecular conformation and significantly decrease the nonradiative deactivation channels of the triplet excitons, thus giving boosted phosphorescent emission at room temperature.
GONG YongYangTAN YeQiangLI HongZHANG YiRenYUAN WangZhangZHANG YongMingSUN JingZhiTANG Ben Zhong
Efficient room temperature phosphorescence(RTP)is rarely observed in pure organic luminogens.However,we have newly observed that benzil and its derivatives are nonluminescent in solvents and thin layer chromatography(TLC)plates,but become highly phosphorescent in crystal state at room temperature,exhibiting typical crystallization-induced phosphorescence(CIP)characteristics.The CIP phenomenon is ascribed to the restriction of intramolecular rotations in crystals owing to effective intermolecular interactions.Such intermolecular interactions greatly rigidify the molecular conformation and significantly decrease the nonradiative deactivation channels of the triplet excitons,thus giving boosted phosphorescent emission at room temperature.
GONG YongYangTAN YeQiangLI HongZHANG YiRenYUAN WangZhangZHANG YongMingSUN JingZhiTANG Ben Zhong
